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Charity Rotch to family and Friends, 1823

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B-226-4
[1823]
in this my beloved fnds,Parents,brothers
& sister; you are measureably partaking with
me in the bitter Cup recently dispensed.
I have hitherto,been in adequate to the task
of addressing you;but this evening a little
strength is afforded, and I hasten to improve it
before it is withdrawn ~ tho I sensibly feel that
Language is inadequate to convey the sensations
Sustained, & I cannot at present write much
on the subject; a subject too poignant in
deed to dwell upon.
ah how uncertain
are all mutable things, little did I think
when we left home, to attend the yearly meeting
the result woud have been so solemn- &
had the disease have been less flattening,it
would have afforded more opportunity to have
conversed on many subjects;it would have been
[illegible] to my mind on[unclear] ;but ah judge my dr
frds;of the Suddenness of the change;when
only within one hour of the final close,he
was considered doing well for one so weak
& low, & when the Dr ordered wine I thot
it one of the Low times from which he had been
raised several times in the course of the illness by
stimulations applications.
very soon they ordered Brandy given him; & I
gave it to him with the unremitting opportunity &
when I percieved they thot him going I desired the Dr to

B-226-4
[1823]
in this my beloved fnds,Parents,brothers
& sister; you are measureably partaking with
me in the bitter Cup recently dispensed.
I have hitherto,been in adequate to the task
of addressing you;but this evening a little
strength is afforded, and I hasten to improve it
before it is withdrawn ~ tho I sensibly feel that
Language is inadequate to convey the sensations
Sustained, & I cannot at present write much
on the subject; a subject too poignant in
deed to dwell upon.
ah how uncertain
are all mutable things, little did I think
when we left home, to attend the yearly meeting
the result woud have been so solemn- &
had the disease have been less flattening,it
would have afforded more opportunity to have
conversed on many subjects;it would have been
[illegible] to my mind on[unclear] ;but ah judge my dr
frds;of the Suddenness of the change;when
only within one hour of the final close,he
was considered doing well for one so weak
& low, & when the Dr ordered wine I thot
it one of the Low times from which he had been
raised several times in the course of the illness by
stimulations applications.
very soon they ordered Brandy given him; & I
gave it to him with the unremitting opportunity &
when I percieved they thot him going I desired the Dr to